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SubjectRe: Segfault Error - what does this mean?
A segfault means the program tried to touch a part of memory in a way 
that it is not allowed. In this case, the address was 0, which would
indicate that exim attempted to dereference a null pointer. It would
appear this is a bug in exim, not the kernel.

Marc Perkel wrote:
> Just put a new server online trying out the new AMD AM2 processor. I
> compiled a custom kernel because the regular Fedora Core kernels aren't
> yet compatible with my Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard using the nVidia chipset.
>
> I compiled 2.6.18rc6 and got segfault errors. So I tried the 2.6.17.13
> kernel and same thing. About every 20 minutes or so I get one of these.
>
> Sep 11 12:05:18 pascal kernel: exim[19840]: segfault at 0000000000000000
> rip 0000003f53e73ee0 rsp 00007fff9e561d18 error 4
>
> At one point the server locked up. Before I put it online I did several
> days of memory testing with no errors. I believe the Exim code is solid
> as it has been running flawlessly on all my other servers.
>
> It's probably hardware or some incompatibility but I'm not sure where to
> start looking. Trying to understand what this error means. What is Error
> 4? How do I track this down?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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